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Ukraine's parliament to discuss deal with EU after its submission for ratification

The economic part of the Association Agreement was signed in Brussels on June 27
 Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada ITAR-TASS/Maxim Nikitin
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada
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KIEV, July 02. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada speaker has said the parliament will immediately consider the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement after the document is submitted.

“As soon as the president submits it [the Association Agreement], we’ll immediately discuss it,” Oleksandr Turchynov said on Wednesday.

Member of the Batkivshchyna party, Hryhoriy Nemyria, said the parliament had registered a draft address to President Petro Poroshenko to ask him to submit the document for ratification.